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WiMax could be next big leap in technology When Scott Richards is at his home in Portland, Ore., he taps into the Internet using a broadband connection from his office about five miles away. | 3 |
Valencia scorer Vicente out with ankle sprain Valencia, Spain (Sports Network) - Valencia winger Vicente Rodriguez will be out for at least two weeks after spraining his ankle Wednesday. | 1 |
35 children die in suicide attacks A group of Iraqi children had just run across to US troops for sweets at a neighbourhood celebration in Baghdad when the first of three bombs exploded, killing at least 35 youngsters. | 0 |
Dozens Of Children Slain As Soldiers Hand Out Candy BAGHDAD, Iraq -- At least 37 people, most of them children, have been killed by multiple explosions that rocked a western Baghdad neighborhood celebrating the opening of a new sewage system. | 0 |
SanDisk pushes faster, bigger flash cards Flash memory company SanDisk is offering a one-two punch with new CF, Memory Stick, and SD cards offering greater speed and capacity. | 3 |
Ten Palestinians, Three Israelis Killed in Gaza Israeli troops pushed deep into the largest Palestinian refugee camp on Thursday, a first in four years of fighting, after a Palestinian rocket killed two preschoolers in an Israeli border town. | 0 |
Greek hero Charisteas the man for the big occasion Greek international Angelos Charisteas seems to love playing football on the big stage, with his late strike for Werder Bremen securing a sensational 2-1 Champions League win over ten-man Valencia on Wednesday. | 1 |
PepsiCo Up Whopping 35 Percent or 79 cents a share -- for the third quarter, up a whopping 35 percent from the \$1.01 billion -- or 58 cents -- earned in the year-ago period. | 2 |
Fire risk prompts air conditioner recall The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall Thursday of Amana, Trane and American Standard combination air conditioner/heat pumps that can overheat and catch fire. | 2 |
AT amp;T Lowers Price of Residential VoIP Service Starting tomorrow, AT amp;T Corp. will sell its residential VoIP service for \$5 less than an earlier promotional offer as it prepares for the holiday sales season. | 3 |
PM expected to approve further operations in Gaza Following consultation with senior security officials Thursday afternoon, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided to widen the IDF #39;s operation in the northern Gaza Strip in response the increasing attacks generating from the area. | 0 |
US Blue Chips Fall After Merck Recall NEW YORK (Reuters) - The blue-chip Dow Jones average was knocked lower on Thursday after drug maker Merck Co.<A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MRK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MRK.N</A>, a member of the Dow, recalled its widely... | 2 |
PepsiCo Profit Up, Cuts Jobs, Shares Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PEP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PEP.N</A>, the world's No. 2 soft drink company, on Thursday said quarterly profit rose due to tax benefits and strong earni... | 2 |
General Mills Cereals All Going Whole Grain NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Mills Inc. on Thursday said it will begin using whole grains in all of its breakfast cereals, including such well-known brands as Lucky Charms and Trix, becoming the latest foodmaker to promote healthier eating. | 2 |
Injured Woods Two Shots Back at Amex THOMASTOWN, Ireland - Tiger Woods looked as if he should have withdrawn with a bad back. He played as if he was capable of winning the American Express Championship for a third straight time... | 0 |
Baghdad Bombings Kill 35 Children BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of bombs killed 35 children and seven adults Thursday as U.S. troops handed out candy at a government ceremony to inaugurate a new sewage treatment plant... | 0 |
US Midwest Economy Stronger Business activity in the US Midwest grew in September at a faster-than-expected rate, hinting that the economy is climbing out of its summer slow patch, a report showed on Thursday. | 2 |
IBM develops world #39;s fastest supercomputer IBM has a new supercomputer which is currently world #39;s fastest. The new Blue Gene/L is capable to do 36.01 teraflops. The ex world #39;s fastest supercomputer, the Earth Simulator from NEC, is able to do 35. | 3 |
SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards com September 30, 2004, 11:11 AM PT. SanDisk announced Thursday increased capacities for several different flash memory cards. The Sunnyvale, Calif. | 3 |
Clijsters looking forward to new test in quarters After her first match in five months, former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters was reassured Thursday her left wrist could stand up to top competition again and set her sights on a new test | 1 |
Nortel Will Cut 3,250 Jobs, 250 Fewer Than Expected (Update6) Nortel Networks Corp., North America #39;s biggest maker of phone equipment, will pare 3,250 jobs, 250 fewer than it predicted last month, as it reduces other costs including real estate. | 2 |
General Mills Cereals All Going Whole Grain General Mills Inc. on Thursday said it will begin using whole grains in all of its breakfast cereals, including such well-known brands as Lucky Charms and Trix, becoming | 2 |
Survey: Mortgage Rates Inch Up for Week Mortgage rates inched up this week, but remained well below the year-high levels set in the spring. Freddie Mac, in its weekly survey released Thursday, reported that rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages | 2 |
Forstmann Little to buy Talent Agency IMG Buyout firm Forstmann Little amp; Co. Thursday said it would buy International Management Group, a leading talent agency that represents major sports and entertainment stars. | 2 |
AT T, Vonage Cut Prices on Internet Calling (Reuters) Reuters - AT T Corp. and Internet telephone\provider Vonage said on Thursday they were cutting prices for\their residential Internet calling services by #36;5 per month,\the strongest signs yet of a price war in the nascent market. | 3 |
Red Hat Spending \$23 Million For Ex-Netscape Security Solutions <b>...</b> Red Hat to incorporate Netscape Directory Server and Netscape Certificate Management System into products to help customers integrate desktops with a networkwide set of computing services. | 3 |
Behind the scenes in the final days of the Montreal Expos MONTREAL (CP) - The long goodbye ended for Expos president Tony Tavares with news from a pair of reporters. It was the bottom of the ninth Tuesday night and Tavares had finally found a moment of respite in the club #39;s executive box. | 1 |
Jones won #39;t be enough for Arkansas The Florida Gators and Arkansas Razorbacks meet for just the sixth time Saturday. The Gators hold a 4-1 advantage in the previous five meetings, including last year #39;s 33-28 win. | 1 |
Extinction Looms Over Larger Species (AP) AP - Being the biggest dog may pay off at feeding time, but species that grow too large may be more vulnerable to extinction, new research suggests. | 3 |
Mount St. Helens on Higher Eruption Alert (Reuters) Reuters - Mount St. Helens could erupt within\days, government scientists said on Wednesday, raising the\alert after movement in the volcano's lava crust was detected\following a week of small earthquakes. | 3 |
The myth of the first 100 days and Susilo #39;s real challenges As he steps into the palace, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must address the unrealistic expectation that he should show substantial achievements within his first 100 days in office. | 0 |
Nine killed, 10 injured in blast in northern India At least nine workers were killed and 10 others injured Thursday in an explosion believed to have been triggered by some explosive materials brought as scrap in a steel factory in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. | 0 |
U.S. to Issue Warnings of Gulf Red Tides (AP) AP - The government will begin issuing forecasts Friday of red tides #151; harmful blooms of algae #151; in the Gulf of Mexico. | 3 |
What's wrong with the CBC Up until recently I have been a staunch supporter of the CBC, it's ideals, the reason for it's existence. However, recent events have made me question whether or not this once fine institution has fallen victim to the ruthless grasp of corperate greed in North America. | 3 |
Breaking RSS Semantics \\Whats wrong with this picture?\\All these URLs return HTTP 200 0K. The only problem is that none of them\actually exist and they're just HTML error pages.\ | 3 |
Italian government's public offer of ENEL shares to run October 18-22 (AFP) AFP - The Italian government's public offer of shares in electricity company ENEL will run from October 18-22, the economy and finance ministry said. | 2 |
Merck Pulls Arthritis Drug from Market NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck Co Inc. Thursday pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent its shares plunging, erasing \$25 billion of its market value. | 2 |
SEC Charges Raymond James with Fraud WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=RJF.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">RJF.N</A> with fraud over the mi... | 2 |
AT T, Vonage Cut Prices on Internet Calling WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT T Corp. and Internet telephone provider Vonage said on Thursday they were cutting prices for their residential Internet calling services by \$5 per month, the strongest signs yet of a price war in the nascent market. | 3 |
Russian move on climate welcomed The EU and environmental groups hail the Russian cabinet's decision to back the Kyoto climate change treaty. | 3 |
Privacy questions arise as RFID hits stores Companies brace for privacy debate as potentially intrusive applications arrive faster than expected. | 3 |
Briefly: Cisco CEO's salary shoots up from \$1 roundup Plus: SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards...Google tests Froogle in U.K....Senate postpones vote on file-swapping bill...HP may expand Puerto Rican research. | 3 |
Microsoft wins Smart Tags case A jury decides the Office technology doesn't impose on another software maker's patent. | 3 |
Personalized stamps canceled U.S. Postal Service refuses to extend Stamps.com's PhotoStamps customized stamp service. | 3 |
Tracking RFID--it's everywhere roundupThere's no question retailers love RFID. But will problems of privacy and unreliability prove to be too great? | 3 |
Cisco's CEO gets a raise Company boosts John Chambers' base salary to \$350,000--up from a mere \$1. | 3 |
Lucent partners with Riverstone Lucent hopes Riverstone's Ethernet switches and routers will help it round out its product lineup. | 3 |
The technologist who has Michael Powell's ear Robert Pepper is the FCC's chief of policy development--and that makes him a very influential man in Washington these days. | 3 |
AT T slashes Net telephony rates In an attempt to spark growth in its Net phone offer, the company reduces rates and offers new customers a month free. | 3 |
SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards Company quadruples the amount of storage on its Ultra II line of cards. | 3 |
Users say Microsoft's Money is broke Glitches in the new edition of the personal finance software keep some folks from paying their bills. | 3 |
Fuel cell's got the power for 3G handsets NTT DoCoMo unveils a prototype micro fuel cell that recharges mobile phones. | 3 |
Mortgage rates push higher Mortgage rates edged up slightly this week, putting an end to a two-week decline, according to surveys conducted by mortgage buyer Freddie Mac and Bankrate. | 2 |
Football 101: Option football One of the things that separates college football from the NFL is the diversity of offensive schemes that you see every week. The triple option is unique to college football and it will be showcased | 1 |
Car Bomb Kills 1 US Soldier near Abu Ghraib A car bomb killed one US soldier and two Iraqi police at a checkpoint near Abu Ghraib on Thursday morning. Separately, Iraqi police reported numerous injuries and some deaths in two | 0 |
Recording Industry Sues 762 for Net Music Swaps (Reuters) Reuters - A recording-industry trade group\said on Thursday it had filed a new round of lawsuits against\762 people it suspects of distributing its songs for free over\Internet "peer to peer" networks like Kazaa and eDonkey. | 3 |
Equity groups eye NTL arm (FT.com) FT.com - Several private equity companies and a mobile phone operator, MMO2, have expressed interest in buying all or part of NTL's television and radio broadcasting business ahead of an October 11 deadline for first-round bids, according to people familiar with the deal. | 3 |
Linksys Delivers Wi-Fi Gear (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Networking specialist Linksys has rolled out a collection of new Wi-Fi\gear for home systems, featuring a line of dual-band 802.11a/g products,\and announced that the company has inked a deal with Verizon to provide\Internet calling equipment. | 3 |
Freed Italian Hostage Feared Death (AP) AP - One of two Italian women freed from captivity in Iraq said Thursday they feared for their lives throughout their three-week abduction, despite receiving what they called "privileged" treatment from their captors. | 0 |
UN rights chief says Sudan "failing" people of Darfur (AFP) AFP - The UN's top rights official accused Sudan of quot;failing quot; the people of Darfur and called for an international police presence to curb continued attacks on civilians in the troubled region. | 0 |
Aboriginals receive ancestors' remains from Sweden in formal ceremony (AFP) AFP - Sweden returned to Aboriginal elders the remains of 15 of their ancestors taken from Australia for scientific research a century ago. | 0 |
Congress Abandons Highway, Welfare Bills (AP) AP - Lawmakers, fighting among themselves and with the White House, have given up trying to pass highway and welfare bills this year that held the promise of tens of thousands of jobs. | 0 |
Ashcroft 'to defend' Patriot Act The US Attorney General says a court ruling attacking the Patriot Act as unconstitutional is likely to go to appeal. | 0 |
A Long Deadly Day in Gaza as Israeli Forces Push Into Camp Twenty-three Palestinians and three Israelis were killed as Israel's army struck back after a rocket attack. | 0 |
Spain #39;s new king delivers a dream result SEVILLE: Carlos Moya #39;s career has been a rollercoaster journey of ups and downs, but converting the winning point for Spain to land the Davis Cup yesterday represented a high point about which he had long dreamed -- and obsessed. | 1 |
Stocks Decline on Merck's Vioxx Woes NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks mostly lower Thursday after Merck Co. said it would be forced to remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market due to serious health risks... | 0 |
UPDATE 5-Lehman in talks to buy UK hedge fund-source US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is in talks to buy leading British hedge fund | 2 |
Watson Plays Last Tourney Before Surgery (AP) AP - Tom Watson is tired of wincing every time he hits a golf ball. His right shoulder is aching and his left hip is ailing, so the five-time British Open champion will take a lengthy break from the game and have surgery after playing in the Constellation Energy Classic thi... | 1 |
Del Piero ruled out for two weeks ROME, Italy -- Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero has been ruled out for two weeks with an Achilles tendon injury. He will miss the Serie A match against Udinese this weekend, and is a major doubt for Italy #39;s | 1 |
Tennis: Leading seeds overcome difficulties to advance in Thailand <b>...</b> BANGKOK : The leading trio of seeds each had to overcome niggles to achieve victories but Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Marat Safin all managed to reach the quarter-finals at the 550,000-dollar Thailand Open. | 1 |
New Jersey Now Tries to Lure the Mets from NYC NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey, which tried for years but failed to win the Yankees baseball team from New York City, now has set its sights on the city's other baseball team, the Mets, who play in Shea Stadium in Queens. | 1 |
British GP dropped from provisional list The British Grand Prix has been dropped from the provisional calendar of Formula One races for next year, media reports said Thursday. | 1 |
Browns Place Winslow on Injured List Rookie tight end Kellen Winslow Jr., out for the season with a broken right leg, was placed on the Cleveland Browns' crowded injured reserve list Thursday. | 1 |
JPEG virus found circulating via IM program AOL Instant Messenger message directs victims to Web sites that host the dangerous images. | 3 |
Sun to drive Mustang as future release of Java Fresh from introducing a major upgrade to the Java platform, Sun Microsystems officials on Thursday revealed some details of the next release of Java, code-named Mustang and expected in Spring 2006. | 3 |
Lycos Europe Folds Anti-Spam Plan Just three days after launching the anti-spam initiative quot;Make Love Not Spam quot; to worldwide publicity, Lycos Europe officially pulled the plug on the plan. | 3 |
Merck Pulls Arthritis Drug Off Market NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck Co Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MRK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MRK.N</A> on Thursday pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attack... | 2 |
Fannie Mae Target of Criminal Probe Federal prosecutors in Washington, DC, have opened an investigation into possible wrongdoing at mortgage giant Fannie Mae, just days after regulators accused the company | 2 |
Update 11: Microsoft Says It Wanted to Share Code Microsoft Corp. said in court Thursday that it had been prepared during settlement talks to share more software code with its rivals than the European Union ultimately demanded. | 2 |
Oil at \$50 again as Nigeria worries persist High-flying oil climbed back over \$50 a barrel this evening, with worries over the security of Nigerian supply supporting prices despite a surprise build in US crude inventories. | 2 |
Martha #39;s quot;Cupcake quot; Assignment Looks like Martha Stewart #39;s time in the slammer will be something of a cakewalk. The homemaking maven, also known as inmate 55170-054, has been assigned to her third choice of prison, in Alderson | 2 |
Fresh Del Monte #39;s Bad Blip Shares of Motley Fool Hidden Gems selection Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE: FDP) are down 6 to \$25 after the company cut its full-year 2004 earnings forecast by almost 20. | 2 |
SpaceShipOne crew confident The pilot and designer of a private rocket plane say they are confident it could return next week to the sky in a quest to claim a multimillion-dollar prize, despite a harrowing flight | 3 |
What Makes a Supercomputer Super? Computer giant IBM announced this week that it has developed the world #39;s fastest computer, putting it back on top after a Japanese supercomputer claimed the title some two years ago. | 3 |
Red Hat Picks Up Pieces of Netscape Red Hat has gone scavenging among Netscape #39;s remains, agreeing to pay America Online up to \$23 million in cash for the assets of Netscape Communications #39; Security Solutions unit. | 3 |
Study: Big Predators Don #39;t Last Long Apparently, the same things that makes large, toothy predators so good at hunting big game also make them more vulnerable to extinction - as is shown in a new study of a | 3 |
Building A Database Of Dot-Com Failures Future online entrepreneurs could log on to see business plans, marketing documents, and other documents from dot-coms launched in the #39;90s. | 3 |
PayPal Doubles Buyer Protection on eBay Online shoppers using PayPal to pay for goods on eBay (Quote, Chart) will now get up to \$1,000 of coverage for non-delivery of items, thanks to an expansion of the company #39;s buyer protection program. | 3 |
Linksys goes dual-band on Wi-Fi With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems Inc. #39;s Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802. | 3 |
762 song swappers sued A recording-industry trade group says it has filed a new round of lawsuits against 762 people it suspects of distributing its songs for free over Internet quot;peer to peer quot; networks like Kazaa and eDonkey. | 3 |
UPDATE 3-Battling Woods in touch with Mount Juliet lead Champion Tiger Woods battled through back pain to stay in touch with the lead as fellow American Todd Hamilton set the pace in the WGC-American Express Championship first round on Thursday. | 1 |
Cricket-Zimbabwe race probe collapses HARARE (AFP) - A formal hearing into allegations of racism in Zimbabwe cricket, set up here by the International Cricket Council (ICC), collapsed in disarray when the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and the rebel players refused to budge on witness procedure | 1 |
Nerve-racking weekend ahead for Cup drivers That #39;s what the public relations folks at Talladega Superspeedway dubbed the next stop in NASCAR #39;s new playoff-style championship, and it would be hard to find many drivers who would argue with the label. | 1 |
Go-Go Boots May Have Helped Pitcher Who Got Shot KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Indians front office wants to find out why one of its players got shot on the team bus Wednesday night in Kansas City. | 1 |
Pats target NFL record this week versus the Bills As if playing a divisional opponent was not enough motivation for the New England Patriots this week, they will be shooting to tie the NFL record for most consecutive | 1 |
Pele: Brazilians should strike Brazilian legend Pele has suggested that footballers in his native country should go on strike in opposition to late payments and other issues. | 1 |
Thursday #39;s developments in Iraq: Three bombs exploded at a Baghdad ceremony celebrating the opening of a new sewage system, killing 35 children and seven adults, officials said. | 0 |
Freed Italian hostage says she and second woman feared death <b>...</b> One of two Italian women freed from captivity in Iraq said Thursday they feared for their lives throughout their three-week abduction, despite | 0 |
Rebel Leader Says Sudan Is Hiding Fighters Sudanese authorities have moved hundreds of pro-government fighters from the crisis-torn Darfur region to other parts of the country to keep them out of sight of foreign military observers demanding the militia #39;s disarmament, a rebel leader charged | 0 |
EU study upbeat on Turkish hopes, warns may take time Turkey #39;s EU entry should be good news if well managed, although Ankara may have to wait until quot;well into the next decade quot; to join, according to a European Commission study seen by AFP Thursday. | 0 |
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